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  1. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.F. Baumbach, J. Binder, A. Synek, F.G. Mück, Y. Chevalier, E. Euler, G. Langs, L. Fischer:
    "Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Anatomical Variance of the Distal Radius Using 3D Shape Models";
    BMC Medical Imaging, 17 (2017), 23.

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  2. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.F. Baumbach, A. Synek, H. Traxler, W. Mutschler, D. H. Pahr, Y. Chevalier:
    "The Influence of Distal Screw Length on the Primary Stability of Volar Plate Osteosynthesis - A Biomechanical Study";
    Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 10 (2015), 139; 8 pages.

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  3. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    E. Benca, B. Ferrante, M. Zalaudek, L. Hirtler, A. Synek, F. Kainberger, R. Windhager, R. Brånemark, G. Hobusch, E. Unger:
    "Thermal Effects during Bone Preparation and Insertion of Osseointegrated Transfemoral Implants";
    Sensors, 21 (2021), 6267; 1 - 11.

  4. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    E. Benca, A.G. Reisinger, J. Patsch, L. Hirtler, A. Synek, S. Stenicka, R. Windhager, W. Mayr, D. H. Pahr:
    "Effect of Simulated Metastatic Lesions on the Biomechanical Behavior on the Proximal Femur";
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 35 (2017), 11; 2407 - 2414.

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  5. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    E. Benca, A. Synek, M. Amini, F. Kainberger, L. Hirtler, R. Windhager, W. Mayr, D. H. Pahr:
    "QCT-based finite element prediction of pathologic fractures in proximal femora with metastatic lesions";
    Scientific Reports, 9 (2019), 10305; 9 pages.

  6. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    L. Georgiou, Ch. J. Dunmore, A. Bardo, L.T. Buck, J. Hublin, D. H. Pahr, D. Stratford, A. Synek, T.L. Kivell, M.M. Skinner:
    "Evidence for habitual climbing in a Pleistocene hominin in South Africa";
    PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (2020), 8416 - 8423.

  7. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.C. Lu, E.E. Vereecke, A. Synek, D. H. Pahr, T.L. Kivell:
    "A novel experimental design for the measurement of metacarpal bone loading and deformation and fingertip force";
    PeerJ, 6 (2018), e5480; 19 pages.

  8. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    M.M. Skinner, L. Georgiou, D. Stratford, Ch. J. Dunmore, A. Bardo, L.T. Buck, J. Hublin, D. H. Pahr, A. Synek, T.L. Kivell:
    "Reply to Haeusler et al.: Internal structure of the femur provides robust evidence for locomotor and taxonomic diversity at Sterkfontein";
    PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (2020), 28570 - 28571.

  9. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    L. Steiner, A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "Comparison of different microCT-based morphology assessment tools using human trabecular bone";
    Bone Reports, 12 (2020), 100261.

  10. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    L. Steiner, A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "Femoral strength can be predicted from 2D projections using a 3D statistical deformation and texture model with finite element analysis";
    Medical Engineering & Physics, 93 (2021), 72 - 82.

  11. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.F. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "Towards optimization of volar plate fixations of distal radius fractures: Using finite element analyses to reduce the number of screws";
    Clinical Biomechanics, 82 (2021), 105272; 1 - 7.

  12. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, L. Borgmann, H. Traxler, W. Huf, E. Euler, Y. Chevalier, S.F. Baumbach:
    "Using Self-Drilling Screws in Volar Plate Osteosynthesis for Distal Radius Fractures: a feasibility studyOutcome of In Vitro Experiments";
    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17 (2016), 120.

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  13. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Y. Chevalier, S.F. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "The Influence of Bone Density and Anisotropy in Finite Element Models of Distal Radius Fracture Osteosynthesis: Evaluations and Comparison to Experiments";
    Journal of Biomechanics, 48 (2015), 15; 4116 - 4123.

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  14. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Y. Chevalier, C. Schröder, D. H. Pahr, S.F. Baumbach:
    "Biomechanical Testing of Distal Radius Fracture Treatments: Boundary Conditions Significantly Affect the Outcome of In Vitro Experiments";
    Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 32 (2016), 2; 210 - 214.

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  15. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Ch. J. Dunmore, T.L. Kivell, M.M. Skinner, D. H. Pahr:
    "Inverse remodelling algorithm identifies habitual manual activities of primates based on metacarpal bone architecture";
    Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 18 (2018), 2; 399 - 410.

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  16. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.C. Lu, S. Nauwelaerts, D. H. Pahr, T.L. Kivell:
    "Metacarpophalangeal joint loads during bonobo locomotion: model predictions versus proxies";
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 17 (2020), 20200032.

  17. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.C. Lu, E.E. Vereecke, S. Nauwelaerts, T.L. Kivell, D. H. Pahr:
    "Musculoskeletal models of a human and bonobo finger: parameter identification and comparison to in vitro experiments";
    PeerJ, 7 (2019), e7470; 24 pages.

  18. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "Plausibility and Parameter Sensitivity of Micro-Finite Element-Based Joint Load Prediction at the Proximal Femur";
    Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17 (2018), 3; 843 - 852.

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  19. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "The Effect of the Extensor Mechanism on Maximum Isometric Fingertip Forces: A Numerical Study on the Index Finger";
    Journal of Biomechanics, 49 (2016), 14; 3423 - 3429.

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Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen (mit Tagungsband-Eintrag):


  1. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    T. Gross, C. Gusenbauer, A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "CT Image Acquisition for Implant Modeling in Bone Biomechanics";
    Talk: iCT 2014 Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography, Wels; 2014-02-25 - 2014-02-28; in: "Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography", Shaker Verlag, Aachen (2014), ISBN: 978-3-8440-2557-6; 319 - 320.

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  2. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.C. Lu, T.L. Kivell, S. Nauwelaerts, D. H. Pahr:
    "Metacarpophalangeal Joint Loads of Bonobos During Different Locomotor Modes: Proxies vs. Model Predictions";
    Talk: 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Vienna; 2019-07-07 - 2019-07-10; in: "Book of Abstracts of the 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics", TU Verlag, (2019), ISBN: 978-3-903024-96-0; 25.

  3. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.C. Lu, E.E. Vereecke, T.L. Kivell, D. H. Pahr:
    "Identifying Optimal Tendon Path Parameters Of A Musculoskeletal Human Finger Model";
    Talk: 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Vienna; 2019-07-07 - 2019-07-10; in: "Book of Abstracts of the 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics", TU Verlag, (2019), ISBN: 978-3-903024-96-0; 447.


Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen (ohne Tagungsband-Eintrag):


  1. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S. Bachmann, A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "A novel method for quantitative and statistical comparison of local differences in bone morphometry";
    Talk: 17th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE 2021), Bonn; 2021-09-07 - 2021-09-09.

  2. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.F. Baumbach, A. Synek, J. Binder, W. Mutschler, W. Bäcker, G. Langs, L. Fischer:
    "Vorläuferstudie zur automatischen Auswertung des distalen Schaft-volare Fläche Winkel (VCA) des distalen Radius an 40 HRpQCT 3D Datensätzen";
    Talk: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie 2017, Berlin; 2017-10-24 - 2017-10-27.

  3. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.F. Baumbach, A. Synek, L. Borgmann, H. Traxler, E. Euler, Y. Chevalier:
    "Feasibility Study on the Use of Self-Drilling and Self-Tapping LOocking Screws in Volar Plate Osteosynthesis for Distal Radius Fractures";
    Talk: V. Münchner Symposion für Experimentelle Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Muskuloskelettale Forschung, München; 2015-03-06 - 2015-03-07.

  4. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.F. Baumbach, A. Synek, H. Traxler, W. Mutschler, D. H. Pahr, Y. Chevalier:
    "Biomechanical Evaluation of Distal Volar-Dorsal Screw Length in Colle`s Fractures";
    Poster: 55. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie, Baden-Baden; 2014-10-09 - 2014-10-11.

  5. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.F. Baumbach, A. Synek, H. Traxler, W. Mutschler, D. H. Pahr, Y. Chevalier:
    "Biomechanical Evaluation of the Distal Screw Length in Volar Plate Osteosynthesis for the Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures";
    Talk: V. Münchner Symposion für Experimentelle Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Muskuloskelettale Forschung, München; 2015-03-06 - 2015-03-07.

  6. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    E. Benca, B. Ferrante, M. Zalaudek, L. Hirtler, A. Synek, F. Kainberger, R. Windhager, R. Brånemark, G. Hobusch, E. Unger:
    "Hermal Effects During Bone Preparation For- And During Insertion Of Osseointegrated Transfemoral Implants";
    Talk: 26th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics - ESBiomech, Mailand; 2021-07-11 - 2021-07-14.

  7. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    E. Benca, A.G. Reisinger, J. Patsch, L. Hirtler, A. Synek, S. Stenicka, F. Kainberger, W. Mayr, R. Windhager, D. Pahr:
    "Fracture Prediction in Patients with Metastatic Lesions in the Femur Using QCT-based Finite Element Analysis";
    Talk: 19th ISOLS General Meeting, Kanazawa, Japan; 2017-05-10 - 2017-05-12.

  8. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    E. Benca, A.G. Reisinger, J. Patsch, L. Hirtler, A. Synek, S. Stenicka, F. Kainberger, R. Windhager, W. Mayr, D. H. Pahr:
    "The Effect of Metastatic Lesions on the Biomechanical Behavior of the Femur";
    Talk: 22nd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2016), Lyon; 2016-07-10 - 2016-07-13.

  9. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    E. Benca, A. Synek, M. Amini, F. Kainberger, R. Windhager, W. Mayr, D. H. Pahr:
    "Prediction of Pathologic Fractures in Femora with Metastatic Lesions Using QCT-Based Finite Element Analysis";
    Talk: 23rd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Sevilla; 2017-07-02 - 2017-07-05.

  10. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    Ch. J. Dunmore, S. Bachmann, A. Synek, T.L. Kivell, M.M. Skinner:
    "Degree of trabecular bone extension into the medullary cavity of the first metacarpal in Plio-Pleistocene hominins";
    Poster: 11th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Online; 2021-09-22 - 2021-09-24.

  11. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    T.L. Kivell, Ch. J. Dunmore, S.C. Lu, A. Synek, A. Bardo, E. Bird, K. Deckers, A. Key, D. H. Pahr, M.M. Skinner:
    "Signals of Locomotion and Manipulation in the Internal Trabecular Bone Structure of Extant Hominoids and Fossil Hominins";
    Talk: International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), Prague; 2019-07-21 - 2019-07-25.

  12. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    S.C. Lu, E. Vereeke, A. Synek, D. H. Pahr, T.L. Kivell:
    "Reconstructing Hand Use in Fossil Hominins: Validating Musculoskeletal and Finite Element Models of the Third Digit for Precision Grasping and Locomotion";
    Poster: 7th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Leiden; 2017-09-21 - 2017-09-23.

  13. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    D. Pahr, A. Synek, M. Stipsitz, L. Steiner:
    "Micro FE in bone biomechanics - Recent advances";
    Talk: 11. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biomechanik (DGfB 2019), Berlin; 2019-04-03 - 2019-04-05.

  14. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    M. Stipsitz, A. Synek, P. Stefanek, D. Pahr:
    "Non-linear micro FE in bone biomechanics";
    Talk: Scientific Meeting of the Austrian Chapter of ESB, online / Zoom; 2020-11-30.

  15. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "CT-Based Finite Element Modelling of Plated Distal Radius Fracture Osteosynthesis: Evaluation against Experimental Measurements";
    Talk: 21st Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Prag; 2015-07-05 - 2015-07-08.

  16. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "CT-Based Finite Element Models of Locking Plate Fracture Fixations for the Prediction of Stiffness and Screw Loads";
    Talk: 21st Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Prag; 2015-07-05 - 2015-07-08.

  17. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.F. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "Towards optimization of plate fracture fixations at the distal radius: Using FEA to reduce the number of screws";
    Talk: 26th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics - ESBiomech, Mailand; 2021-07-11 - 2021-07-14.

  18. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.F. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "Towards optimization of volar plate fixations of distal radius fractures: using finite element analyses to reduce the number of screws";
    Talk: 29th Annual Meeting of the EUROPEAN ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETY, Rome; 2021-09-15 - 2021-09-17.

  19. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Y. Chevalier, J. Binder, S.F. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "The Influence of Bone Density and Orientation on Stiffness Predictions of Distal Radius Fracture Osteosynthesis Using the Finite Element Method";
    Talk: V. Münchner Symposion für Experimentelle Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Muskuloskelettale Forschung, München; 2015-03-06 - 2015-03-07.

  20. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Y. Chevalier, J. Binder, S.F. Baumbach, D. H. Pahr:
    "The Influence of Different Bone Material Modelling Strategies on Finite Element Models of Distal Radius Fracture Osteosynthesis";
    Talk: 9. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biomechanik, Bonn; 2015-05-06 - 2015-05-08.

  21. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Y. Chevalier, J. Binder, D. H. Pahr, S.F. Baumbach:
    "Validierung von Finite Elemente Modellen distaler Radiusfraktur-Osteosynthese: Relevanz der lokalen Knochendichte und -orientierung";
    Poster: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berlin; 2015-10-20 - 2015-10-23.

  22. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Y. Chevalier, Y. Schröder, D. H. Pahr, S.F. Baumbach:
    "Einfluss der Randbedingungen in biomechanischen Experimenten distaler Radiusfrakturen: Eine biomechanische Studie";
    Poster: 55. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie, Baden-Baden; 2014-10-09 - 2014-10-11.

  23. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, Ch. J. Dunmore, T.L. Kivell, M.M. Skinner, D. Pahr:
    "Using an inverse bone remodelling approach to predict joint loads: Sensitive enough to detect different habitual activities?";
    Talk: 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2018, Dublin; 2018-07-08 - 2018-07-12.

  24. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, S.C. Lu, E.E. Vereecke, T.L. Kivell, D. Pahr:
    "Identifikation optimaler Parameter eines muskuloskelettalen Fingermodells";
    Talk: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie 2019, Berlin; 2019-10-22 - 2019-10-25.

  25. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "Parameter Sensitivity and Plausibility of Micro FE Based Joint Load Prediction at the Proximal Femur";
    Talk: 23rd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Sevilla; 2017-07-02 - 2017-07-05.

  26. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek, D. H. Pahr:
    "The Effect of the Extensor Mechanism for the Force Producing Capabilities of a Human Finger";
    Talk: 22nd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2016), Lyon; 2016-07-10 - 2016-07-13.


Dissertationen (eigene und begutachtete):


  1. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek:
    "Predicting habitual activities from bone architecture using a biomechanical approach";
    Supervisor, Reviewer: D. H. Pahr, M.O. Heller, MG Pandy; Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, 2018; oral examination: 2018-10-23.


Diplom- und Master-Arbeiten (eigene und betreute):


  1. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    L. Berger:
    "Comparison of Subchondral Bone Stresses with Physiological and Simplified Articular Loading of the Radiocarpal Joint Using Finite Element Analysis";
    Supervisor: D. H. Pahr, A. Synek; Institut für Leichtbau und Struktur-Biomechanik, TU Wien, 2021.

  2. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    K. Nägl:
    "A comparison of the biomechanical behaviour of simple artificial, composite, and 3D FDM printed human femoral bones";
    Supervisor: D. H. Pahr, A. Synek; Institut für Leichtbau und Struktur-Biomechanik, TU Wien, 2021.

  3. Source: Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    A. Synek:
    "A Specimen Specific Finite Element Validation Study of Distal Radius Fracture Osteosynthesis";
    Supervisor: D. H. Pahr; Institut für Leichtbau und Struktur-Biomechanik, TU Wien, 2015; final examination: 2015-03-26.

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